Pages of Stone
What is this page, in brief?
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Geology/science/nature related writing that doesn't technically count as "scientific writing."
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Resistance to the prison that is the peer-reviewed scientific article; just write.
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Another way to engage with the earth sciences.
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An ode to the English language.
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Heavily inspired by, and dedicated to, my professor and good friend Pat Spencer.
You will find here creative writing pieces, sci-fi, science activism, scientific journalism, and the likes.
For the full story behind this page, click this link.
Author: Chloe Harvey
Genre: Creative writing
From the perspective of a mammoth being fossilized.
Author: Elizabeth Huang
Genre: Creative writing
A sunrise over the Blue Mountains, while sitting on a bench at Bennington Lake.
Ocean Mix Blamed in Ancient Loss of Marine Life
Author: Alan Jay Kaufman
Genre: Scientific journalism
What caused the greatest mass extinction in Earth history?
Author: Pat Spencer
Genre: Creative writing
Finding an arrowhead in Wyoming, and telling its story about a young brave on his first hunt.
Setting Back the Clock on a Simple Ancestor
Author: Alan Jay Kaufman
Genre: Scientific journalism
On molecular clocks and what they can tell us about where we came from.
Author: Several; Justice in Geoscience
Genre: Science activism
7 zines, written and compiled as one of many steps towards justice for geoscientists of color and towards a radically different future.
Image: Crater Lake Institute
Oblivious and Adjacent to a Volcano
Author: Elizabeth Huang
Genre: Creative writing
Silly piece about a woman who can't quite put together that a nearby volcano is about to erupt.
From the Perspective of a Crinoid
Author: Elizabeth Huang
Genre: Creative writing
Heavily inspired by Chloe Harvey's "Untitled" at the top of this page. Fossilization of a crinoid, from the perspective of the crinoid.
Image: Elizabeth Begley, https://carnegiemnh.org/when-nature-meets-art-crinoid-fossils-as-cultural-beads/
Want to share your work? Email me at eshuang@umd.edu.